Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-01
THE GREAT STRIKE.
THE PLACES OF TIE STRIKERS BEING
STEADILY FILLED.
e Plenty Il Green Hands Offering to
Handle Freight on the New
York Piers
[By telegraph TO the Dispatch

New YORK, January 3l.-The official
order issued yesterday at the Long
shoremen's Convention ordering out the
members of the several unions to the
number of $500 had very little effect
on the business at the East-river piers
to-day. In most cases the order COW
ercd unions whose members were
already ont, so that there was little
change in the situation on the New
York side of the East river AT Pier as
the union hands refused to work
on a China tea-ship, which ar
rived there on Saturday. In an hour
all the non-union men that were re-
quired were ut work on the vessels
gangway and matches. The freight
handlers on the New York city and
New England pier at the foot Of Mar
ket street failed to come to any terms
with the management, and their places
were taken by green hands. Mr. Allen
said he could get all the men he wanted
without advertising for them. The
men who were turned ont say that the
receiver of the road would have taken
them all back this morning if they
would have gone in individually, but
they would only go in as body OF
union men. erefused TO give 81 day
and % cents an hour overtime. None
of the union men went in this morn
ing, but some of them were willing, ex
cept for the order issued yesterday. At
the pier of the Red ID Line the steamer
Caracas was expected up, but nounion
men presented themselves for work.
The cOmpany's representative said that
lie could get all the men he wanted.
There were hundreds of them coming
to the gate asking for work. The regu-
lar men struck work three days ago.
They were paid 40 and 60 cents an hour
and had no grievances, but were in
sympathy with the other strikers. The
Vermont steamship and railroad line
seems to have escaped the strike fever.
The dochmaster said that there had not
been any strike on their dock. The
men were all paid by the month
and were satisfied. The union had
failed to get their men to join. On
Pier 50 full complement OF men were
at work on the steamer Waterbury,
which came up this morning. They
had taken the places of strikers and
were paid 81 a day and thirty cents
per hour for time after p. NJ. There
was no trouble here this morning. The
steamer State of Texas was got away
from the Clyde-Line dock early yester-
day morning, and the Gulf Stream took
her place to-day. There were nearly
2G0 men waiting to commence work on
her The huge piles of freight, which
on Saturday served as resting places for
the tired police officers doing duty
there, had entirely disappeared.
Freight WAS being moved at lively
rate by green hands on the New Haven
Stcamboat-Line pier, and the company
had all the men that were required, At
the Office of the Hartford Line it was
stated that there had not been any
strike. The men were all paid by the
month, and the company did not care
whether men belonged to the union or
not so long as the work was done
right
At the Mallory-Line pier Italians,
Germans, Poles, and almost every other
nationality were at work on the steamer
AlemO, which has been at the dock
some days now. The men who started
on Wednesday were getting accus-
toned to the work, and some men
who had worked s'longshore before
were among them. The superintend-
ent said they could do all the work
that was required to get the steamer off
on time. The Cienfuegos, of the Ward
Line, lay Mt Pier II. -Four gangs of
men were at work on her loading grain
on lighters. Mr.. Ward said he had
never had any difficulty with his men,
who had gone ont because other men
did. All their vessels had gone out on
time, and no inconvenience was now
felt on account of the strike. All was
quiet along the docks of the sailing-ves-
sells.
THE NEWSPAPERS GETTING INTO IT.
NEW YORK, January Sit is stated
that two newspapers in the city will be
visited and requested not to use steam
furnished by non-union men. If the
request is not granted it is possible that
the union men employed on these pa
pcTs will be called out on a strike.
HUNTERS PoTST FEELS THE EFFECTS.
HUNTERS POINT, l.. l., January 81
The gang of stevedores at Devoe's
Manufacturing Company's docks which
continued the work of loading the ship
Eyerdale on Saturday, after the other
gangs had struck, refused to go to work
this morning. All the stevedores on
the oil-docks are now on strike. If tie
strike continues the oil-works will shut
down. -Four ships are now kept from
sailing by the trouble here.
TROUBLE FEARED AT SOUTH AMBoY.
South AMBoY, n. j., January Sit
is possible that trouble will occur here
this afternoon over the strike on the
coal-docks. Sheriff COnyery has sent
about thirty special deputies here by
train. Att 30thismorning barge from
New York, loaded with laborers, reached
the docks. The barge anchored half a
mile from shore Some of the strikers
threaten to assault the new men when |
the latter start to work. The Pennsyl- |
yania Railroad Company has fitted up a |
of passenger-cars with hunks |
for the deputies and new workmen. |
The strikers held meeting yesterday |
and adopted resolutions refusing to re-
sIpne work to-day
VAST SUICIDE.